""The material is presented in a basic and intuitive manner. The book emphasizes basic concepts and gets those concepts across in a manner a novice structural engineer can grasp. The book does not lose sight of big-picture design decisions and does not get bogged down with prescriptive code clauses.""--Wassim Ghannoum, University of Texas at Austin, USA"" ... presents a terrific overview of fundamental techniques in reinforced concrete design. Unique to this textbook is the author's detailed introduction of the history and evolution of reinforced concrete. By showing students how the technical chal.